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The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following Statutory registers:

1. •

   the register of members

2. •

   the register of directors

3. •

   the register of people with significant control (the PSC register)

4. •

   the register of directors' residential addresses, and

5. •

   the register of secretaries

This Practice Note considers each of these Registers in more detail.

A company may also choose to keep other registers that are not required by statute, such as:

1. •

   a register of applications and allotments

2. •

   a register of transfers, and

3. •

   a register of debenture holders

For more detail on these non-statutory registers, see Practice Note: Company records—a company's non-statutory registers.

It should be noted that a company's registers can be kept in electronic or paper format, as long as they comply with statutory requirements. Many smaller companies still hand-write their registers using standard form registers. Companies with a high number of members and listed companies are likely to keep their register of members in electronic format or use the services of a 'share registrar' to maintain